University focuses interest on indigenous people
Nenets Oil Company and Northern Arctic University (NARFU) establish a Nenets auditorium in Arkhangelsk and opens a filial in Naryan-Mar.
Lukoil invests .3 billion in Titov and Trebs
The development of two of the biggest remaining fields in the Timan-Pechora province moves closer.
Sasha’s future in jeopardy as tundra melts
Life is heating up for Nenets boy Sasha on the tundra in the far north of the Barents Region. A dramatic report from Moscow says Russia heats up twice global average.
Nordavia rejects safety claims
Replaces the old An-24 on flights to Naryan-Mar, but not to Tromsø and Murmansk.
”Taimyr” to replace ”Vaigach” on Northern Sea Route
Russia’s nuclear icebreaker “Vaigach” will dock in Murmansk on January 20 for repairs after the fatal fire in the Arctic in December 2011.
Varandey oil exports drop twofold
The special designed offshore ice resistant oil terminal exported only 3,91 million tons of crude oil in 2011, nearly half of the year before.
Tons of scrap to be transported from Russian Arctic in 2012
Russia plans to continue its large-scaled clean-up of Arctic islands in 2012. As much as 18 000 tons of scrap metal will be shipped out through the Nenets port of Amderma.
Two dead in fire aboard nuclear icebreaker
Two crew members were killed and one other wounded when a fire broke out on the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker “Vaygach” this morning.
See map of election violations in Barents Russia
Rights groups and opposition party Yabloko claim that election officials fabricated 20 to 25 percent of United Russia’s votes in the parliamentary election. Many violations are reported throughout Barents Russia.
